Jorhat, March 5: At a time when the season’s first tea plucking take place, a dry spell, accompanied by unprecedented high temperatures, has dried up bushes, prompting garden managements to go for a ...More

BANGALORE: Summer wouldn't exactly sizzle this year as it may rain this month and again in May. The ensuring monsoon won't be too wet as the rainfall from June to September is likely to reduce drastic ...More

It processed 2 lakh tonnes of solid waste into compost through aerobic technology The South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s composting plant in Okhla received Rs.25 lakh as carbon credits from the Unit ...More

On the issue of emission trading scheme, India says market-based measures are not the solution New Delhi: India will not relent in its opposition to the European Union’s move to levy a tax on carbon ...More

Growing inter crops in coconut gardens not only increases the utilization of unexploited natural resources, but will also have a beneficial effect on the farm economics and acts as a carbon sequester ...More

WASHINGTON: The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air jumped dramatically in 2012, making it very unlikely that global warming can be limited to another 2 degrees (1.2 C) as many global le ...More

Sugar decontrol is on the cards. The least that is likely to happen is the abolition of ‘levy system’ (compulsory procurement of sugar at below-market prices) and withdrawal of the free-sale quotas. ...More

Bacterial contamination level in the Ganga has exceeded the maximum permissible limit at many locations and the water quality of the Yamuna too has not shown any desired improvement, the Rajya Sabha w ...More

Last week’s announcement by China’s Ministry of Finance that the country will introduce a carbon tax, probably in the next two years, did not dominate the international headlines. It was too vague abo ...More

Washington: US President Barack Obama sought Monday to shield his ambitious second-term agenda from the poisoned political aftermath of a budget fight with Republicans that triggered an $85 billion au ...More

NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet has approved the proposal of the department of agricultural research and education under the Ministry of Agriculture for the establishment of the National Institute of Bio ...More

For the first time, there is a draft resolution with the largest possible consensus on expanding the Security Council. It needs to be put to vote in the General Assembly In a debate on Security Counc ...More

A 10-year wait ends Tuesday with the arrival of 'SimCity,' a computer game that challenges players to build thriving cities in the face of conditions such as limited funds and climate change. The ...More

In recent times, the rosy pastor has landed in Bangalore earlier than ever before. In 2011, the bird was spotted in early February while last year it was spotted by mid-January. This time round, the b ...More

NEW DELHI: Everybody knows that the world is interconnected, but this takes the cake: colder than normal sea temperature in the tropical South Atlantic appears to cause malaria epidemics thousands of ...More

Sea surface temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic ocean can be used to accurately forecast, by up to four months, malaria epidemics in north and northwest India, a study published in the peer-re ...More

MANALI: GitaDevi of Kullu used to routinely visit apple orchards and jungles every morning, collect some guchhi ( morel mushroom, also known as common morel, morel or yellow morel) and leave it to dry ...More

Changes in sea surface temperatures in the South Atlantic Ocean could help predict malaria epidemics in north-west India well before actual outbreaks, scientists have found, potentially handing public ...More

Rice production in the country would get a big push with the Union Budget 2013-14 committing Rs 1,000 crore to the Eastern states, spearheading the second Green Revolution, experts have stated. Despi ...More

Ever wondered where the word “butterfly” originated from? Did you know that moths are responsible for pollinating most flowers above the tree line on the southern face of the Himalayas? Are you intr ...More